Nevada USA-1957: Adults at Picnic Table, Children Swimming in Lake

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Nevada

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Adults at Picnic Table, Children Swimming in Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a family at a lakeside campground in Nevada. Three adults sit at a wooden picnic table near a mobile home, with one man drinking from a can. In the background, classic cars are parked on a gravel lot with mountains under a hazy sky. The scene transitions to a woman in a swimsuit standing on a floating dock labeled 'SAFETY FIRST' before jumping into the lake, with others swimming nearby. The footage shows natural film grain and color fading typical of 1950s home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123477530

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Nevada, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Nevada leisure, lakeside camping, family vacation, and home-movie recreation sequences in documentaries or museum edits.
Period detail: The parked mid-century cars, mobile-home siding, picnic table, swimwear, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s lakeside vacation setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged family observation, with adults resting at a picnic table while swimmers use a floating lake platform nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults at a picnic table, a mobile home wall, gravel parking, classic cars, mountains, lake water, swimmers, and a floating dock.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, faded color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short vacation insert, lakeside transition, family-memory beat, or cutaway from adult spectators to swimmers.
Historical context: The scene shows casual outdoor recreation at a Nevada lake, with adults and swimmers sharing a campground-like shoreline setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from depicted-person clearance.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1950s Nevada lake vacation, 8mm family camping footage, vintage swimming dock, and home movie picnic table by water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1957 Nevada lake footage, then broader 1950s swimming, camping, and family vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Nevada home-movie frame of adults at a lakeside picnic table near a mobile home, with cars on gravel and mountains in the distance. — Adults rest at a picnic table beside a lakeside mobile home area.

Adults at a Nevada lakeside picnic table in 1957, with one man drinking from a can and mid-century cars parked beyond the gravel area. — Picnic-table group with a man drinking as cars and mountains sit behind them.

1957 Nevada lake scene with a floating platform, swimmers in the water, and low mountains visible across the hazy shoreline. — A swimmer area with floating platform and distant mountain shoreline.

A woman in swimwear stands on a lake float marked SAFETY FIRST in this 1957 Nevada home-movie frame, with swimmers nearby and mountains beyond. — Swimmers gather around a floating platform marked SAFETY FIRST.

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